1,052 Quotes by Voltaire

He spoke to them with great kindness, although in the depths of his heart he was a little angry that the infinitely small had an almost infinitely great pride.

Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules,Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

I say again that nature is like nature. Why bother looking for comparisons?

God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.